After having seen, heard, touched, tasted, talked, felt, danced, lived and breathed the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival for two weeks
On Dec 7, 2011, Folklife Center staff Olivia Cadaval and Cristina Díaz-Carrera travelled to Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia: the Nature of Culture program was a wonderful space where people from different parts of Colombia had the opportunity to share their practices
We have just added an online exhibition about Malian Bogolan (mud cloth) to the website of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
We are happy to share this wonderful video of the June 30 Soul Train Dance Party.
Swamp Dogg and company perform "Total Destruction to Your Mind," the title song of Swamp Dogg's first LP from 1970.
The Colombia program for the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival was an incredible and dynamic success
After much deliberation, we've chosen seven of our favorite Flickr images of the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Migdonio Rivas Ríos from Colombia’s Pacific Coast constructs percussion instruments for chirimía ensembles using local materials and techniques
I have to admit that the Smithsonian Festival left me deeply touched and amazed